ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17832712024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood River, Illinois

Mean one-way trip23.7 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.6%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone84.0%±4.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.1%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute26.8 min → 23.7 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.3% → 7.6%▲ 5.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.1% → 0.3%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 84.0%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.0% ±4.6 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.7 pp
Work from home7.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,135 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,279± 83 MOE
Workers age 16+5,135± 348 MOE
Workers with travel time4,744± 367 MOE
Estimated home workers391± 150 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.